25 beauty secrets

Actresses are ordinary women like you and me. So how do they look so stunning? Models look amazing on photos. No doubt, the photos are airbrushed but makeup and beauty tricks do play a part in bringing each icon's beauty.

Here are some beauty secrets I dug up from magazine interviews of these celebs and quotes from their stylists.

Beauty Secret 1

Shimmer is sexy, even on the body. Run bronzer down the cleavage and a pale shimmer over the tops of your breasts when you wear any cleavage-revealing outfit.

Beauty Secret 2

If your eyes have flecks of a pretty color, play up that color by using an eyeshadow in that exact shade.

Beauty Secret 3

Spice up an otherwise nude makeup look with an eyeliner in a bright color.

Beauty Secret 4

Love that naturally pretty, bare-faced look? Use tarte cheek stain on your cheeks for that flushed look. Ellen Pompeo is a fan of that blush.

Beauty Secret 5

You need a great set of makeup brushes to get the look makeup pros give their clients. The tiny brushes that come for free in compacts wouldn't do. The handles are too short for you to be able to apply makeup easily, like a pro.

Beauty Secret 6

Declump your mascara after each application. You can do that by running a clean mascara wand through the lashes to get rid of the clumps and separate your lashes.

Beauty Secret 7

India Hicks, author of the beauty book, Island Beauty, uses little makeup but the one thing she is a huge fan of is NARS blush, or rather Nars the multiple as she uses it on her lips, cheeks and lids. She is not the only fan of that makeup stick. Denise Richards uses it, as does Maria Bello, as does Anne Hathaway.

Beauty Secret 8

Hair stylist Serge Normant got Sarah Jessica Parker's blonde hair absolutely gorgeous for the Instyle October 2005 cover shoot. He used John Frieda Sheer Blonde balm on her tresses. If you are a blonde, go for the full works and make the most of your crowning glory.

Beauty Secret 9

Keep yourself well hydrated at all times by drinking plenty of plain or mineral water.

Beauty Secret 10

Stylist Campbell McAuley got Denise Richard's hair tousled and sexy for a photoshoot by using phytodefrisant on her hair. Using a round brush, he blow dried the hair and then twisted the hair in sections, before spritzing on hair spray.

Beauty Secret 11

In spite of her pregnancy, Denise Richards kept her looks after baby was born. While pregnant, she applied Mustela restructuring gel over her stomach. You can avoid getting stretch marks if you apply such moisturizers over your growing belly twice daily.

Beauty Secret 12

Denise Richards carries clear eyes redness relief in her makeup pouch. Is that the secret of her clear, sparkling eyes?

Beauty Secret 13

Laura Mercier is a favourite with the stars. Molly Sim uses the pressed powder while Denise Richards uses the blush.

Beauty Secret 14

Bianca Alexander is the makeup artist of Alicia Keys. Her secret to great makeup is to get the foundation right. The color should just fade into the skin. Apply with a brush or sponge pad and blend in completely into your skin with your fingertips.

Beauty Secret 15

Charlie Green, a makeup artist from N.Y.C. was impressed with Clarins Radiance Plus self tanners because they did not stain her hands, yet it builds color slowly, letting you maintain a natural looking tan all year round.

Beauty Secret 16

Make eyes look bigger by lining them with metallic or iridescent eye shadow. Brush on a dark shade on the lower lash line and color the lid with a lighter shade.

Beauty Secret 17

For smoky eyes that are bright and summery, line eyes with a bright green pencil and the upper lashes with a bright green liquid eyeliner to really bring out the eyes. Try that bright, summery, intense look.

Beauty Secret 18

Cate Blanchett is said to clear pimples by mixing cornflour and water and applying the mixture on the zit.

Beauty Secret 19

Erase dark circles under the eye with an eyeshadow brush and pale gold eyeshadow. The gold neutralizes the black circles and erases dark rings on fair skin.

Beauty Secret 20

Glow in the day by using a cream blush over a tinted moisturizer

Beauty Secret 21

Layer your mascara. Wear mascar that matches your eye color on the underside of your lashes and brown mascara over them to really bring out your eye color.

Beauty Secret 22

Fake naturally pretty lips for the day by using a lip pencil in the same color as your lips and color that into your lips. Then apply lip gloss.

Beauty Secret 23

Get smoky eyes by lining the lashes with black khol. Then smudge it. Best for night.

Beauty Secret 24

For color, use a navy blue eye liner or a black gold pencil eyeliner instead of colorful eyeshadow.

Beauty Secret 25

Go two-toned with your manicure. Paint tips a different color from the rest of the nail.

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